Cauvery water dispute: Cauvery is an interstate basin that originates in Karnataka and passes through Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry before draining into the Bay of Bengal. The total watershed of the Kaveri basin is 81,155 sq km, of which the river’s catchment area is about 34,273 sq km in Karnataka.
The Karnataka Chief Minister convened a meeting with legal experts and former Advocate Generals. During the meeting, they proposed the establishment of an advisory committee responsible for gathering information and offering recommendations on water-related matters on a daily basis.
Chhattisgarh government withdrew the plea challenging the ground of jurisdiction the Enforcement Directorate's action against state government officials in a money laundering case.
Skill Development Corporation scam: The case is related to the arrest of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu in an alleged scam. The top court said the matter would be heard by a separate bench on October 3.
The plea was filed over DMK leaders' "eradicate Sanatan Dharma" remark, which the petitioner likened to hate speech. The lawyer appearing for Tamil Nadu argued that the plea was a "public interest litigation in the nature of publicity interest litigation".
Federal courts across the country disagree about whether the word, as it is used in a bipartisan 2018 criminal justice overhaul, indeed means “and” or whether it means “or.”
Hearing the matter, a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal directed that the IPS officer would file a report in the apex court.
Earlier, a court in Vijayawada had granted custody of Naidu to the CID for two days.
The ED has arrested Soren's political aide Pankaj Mishra and two others — local muscleman Bachhu Yadav and Prem Prakash — in this case.
Krishna Janmabhoomi case: The Allahabad High Court has transferred the cases currently being heard in the lower court in Mathura to itself.
Owing to the deteriorating air pollution level in Delhi, the government has banned the manufacturing and use of firecrackers in the national capital.
The bench said expert bodies like the CWMA and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee have considered all relevant aspects like drought and deficit rainfall and passed the order and, therefore, it is not inclined to interfere with the order directing Karnataka to release 5,000 cusecs of water.
Thackeray vs Shinde: Supreme Court asks Maharashtra Assembly Speaker to set deadline in Shiv Sena case
The bench, comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi, has issued a notice to the CBI, requesting its reply to Mondal's plea.
In a setback to the Jharkhand Chief Minister, Supreme Court has refused to entertain Hemant Soren's plea against the ED summons in connection with the money laundering case and asked him to approach the High Court.
The Supreme Court also relieved retired High Court judge Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain from monitoring the SIT probe in the case.
Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud has said that it's wrong to say the Supreme Court collegium has no factual data to evaluate judges being considered for appointment adding their aim is to lay down objective parameters for selection.
Delhi liquor scam: “There is urgency and if this case can be accommodated on October 4 (Wednesday),” requested senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Sisodia, adding that the hearing will require a substantial amount of time.
The Supreme Court reserved its verdict on a plea seeking ban on firecrackers containing barium to curb pollution levels including in the Delhi-NCR region.
During the hearing, the Supreme Court made strong observation saying the court cannot decide on what food should be eaten.
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